Administrative Assistant
Alison J. Rothwell
905-688-5550, extension 3312
Mackenzie Chown A240
http://www.brocku.ca/modernlanguages/index.html
The Department aims to provide students with a thorough and comprehensive knowledge of spoken and written French, its literature and culture. In addition to the courses taught in French, the Department offers a series of courses taught in English (designated MLLC) that may be acceptable for credit toward a degree in French.
The Department favours and facilitates participation by students of French at all levels in Spring/Summer French immersion programs offered in France and Québec.

Students with Ontario grade 12U standing or equivalent in French take FREN 1F90, and may not take FREN 1F00, 1F01 or 1P03 without permission of the Department. Permission is granted only in the most exceptional cases. Français and Immersion students may take FREN 2F00 and 2F03 with permission of the Department; normally, they take FREN 1F90.

Students without Ontario grade 12U standing or equivalent take FREN 1F00, 1F01 or 1P03, according to their background. Students with Ontario grade 10 French or equivalent or less take FREN 1F00. Those with Ontario grade 11 or equivalent take FREN 1F01. Those with FREN 1F00 who intend to take FREN 1F90 take FREN 1P03.

FREN 1F00, 1F01 and 1P03 are introductory language courses. Students who register in any of these courses must submit an official high school transcript to the instructor as proof of their level of competence in order to receive Departmental confirmation of registration before the end of the second week of classes (see Undergraduate Academic Calendar). Failure to do so will result in deregistration from the course.

Unless otherwise noted in the course description, courses numbered 2(alpha)00 or above are taught in the language while courses numbered 1F90 and below are taught in the language to the extent possible.

FREN 1F00, and 1P03 may be taken for degree credit, but cannot be used to meet requirements for major programs in French. However, a maximum of 1.0 credit from these courses may be included in a minor program in French.

French courses numbered 1F00 and 1P03 (or 1F01), 1F90, 2F00, 3P03 and 4P03 constitute a sequence. Once credit has been obtained in one of these courses, students are not allowed to take for credit a course in this sequence with a lower number. Students may not take two courses at different levels in the sequence during the same term. This regulation also applies to courses taken at other institutions.

Departmental courses noted as given in English may be included in major programs. Single Honours programs may include no more than two and one-half credits in such courses; single Pass programs may include no more than one and one-half credits in such courses; combined Pass programs may include no more than one credit in such courses. Combined Honours programs may include no more than one and one-half credits in such courses. If both combined Honours programs are chosen, from French, Italian or Spanish, one and one-half credits in each language is allowed.

The Department reserves the right to refuse admission to and/or credit for any of its language courses to a student who has, in the view of the Department, a level of competence unsuited to that course.

In all 20 credit degree programs, at least 12 credits must be numbered 2(alpha)00 or above, six of which must be numbered 2(alpha)90 or above and of these, three must be numbered 3(alpha)90 or above. In all 15 credit degree programs, at least seven credits must be numbered 2(alpha)00 or above, three of which must be numbered 2(alpha)90 or above.

The Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures and the Faculty of Education co-operate in offering a Concurrent five-year BA (Honours)/BEd program. The French BA (Honours)/BEd program combines the BA Honours program with the teacher education program for students interested in teaching at the Intermediate/Senior level (grades 7-12.) Refer to the Education - Concurrent BA (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior) program listing for further information.

Students may take a combined major in French and a second discipline. For requirements in the other discipline, the student should consult the relevant department/centre. It should be noted that not all departments/centres provide a combined major option.
Honours
Year 1

Students must check to ensure that prerequisites are met. Students may be deregistered, at the request of the instructor, from any course for which prerequisites and/or restrictions have not been met.
FREN 1F00
Introductory French I
Basic grammar; acquisition of fundamental reading, writing, oral expression and comprehension skills.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Note: for students with limited or no background in French.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in FREN 1F01, 1P01 and 1P02.
FREN 1F01
Introductory French II
Grammar study; development of reading, writing, oral expression and comprehension skills.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: FREN 1P01 or permission of the instructor.
Note: for students with stronger background in French.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in FREN 1F00, 1P01, 1P02 and 1P03.
FREN 1F90
Intermediate French
Grammar review; literary, cultural and journalistic readings; practice in reading, writing, oral expression and comprehension.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: one of FREN 1F01, 1P03, Ontario grade 12U, French, Français or French immersion, or equivalent or permission of the instructor.
FREN 1P02
Introductory French II
Continuation of FREN 1P01. Basic French: vocabulary, structures, pronunciation, spoke French. Oral and written exercises.
Lectures, 4 hours per week.
Prerequisite: FREN 1P01 or permission of the instructor.
Note: may be taken by students with no more than Ontario grade 10 or 11 French (or equivalent). Such students who register in this course must submit an official high school transcript to the instructor as proof of their level of competence in order to receive departmental confirmation of registration before the end of the second week of classes. Failure to do so will result in deregistration from the course.
FREN 1P03
Introductory French III
Continuation of FREN 1F00. Grammar study; development of reading, writing, oral expression and comprehension skills.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: FREN 1F00, 1P02 or permission of instructor.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in FREN 1F01.
FREN 2F00
Grammar and Composition
Intensive grammar review; literary expression; composition; critical written and oral expression through discussion of general topics.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: FREN 1F90.
FREN 2F03
Literature and Culture: The French-Speaking World
Literature in its cultural contexts. Works from different genres, historical periods and cultural traditions. Dissertation, technical vocabulary, rhetorical terminology and interpretative concepts.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: FREN 1F90.
Note: students may not concurrently register in FREN 2F03 and any French literature or culture course numbered 2(alpha)90 or higher.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in any French literature course numbered 2(alpha)90 or higher.
FREN 2P44
Children's Literature in French: The Picture Book
Selection of picture books from France and other francophone regions emphasizing the contemporary period; theory of the picture book and its use in the classroom.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: FREN 1F90.
FREN 2P95
Culture and Civilization of Quebec
Ideological, historical and cultural aspects of Quebec society from Confederation to the present. Topics may include political events, major figures, issues in language, literature, the arts and gender issues.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: FREN 2F03.
FREN 2P98
Phonetics and Phonology
Sound patterns of French. Articulatory, auditory and acoustic properties of human speech. Phonemic and non-phonemic (stress, intonation, rhythm) features.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: FREN 1F90.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in FREN 2P57.
FREN 2P99
Culture and Civilization of France to 1700
Prehistory to the end of the 17th century; art, music, architecture and aesthetics; intellectual trends; history, politics and society.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: FREN 2F03.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in FREN 2P65.
FREN 3P03
Composition and Stylistics
Advanced grammar and stylistics of contemporary French. Applications to composition.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: FREN 2F00.
FREN 3P44
Children's Literature in French: Beyond the Picture Book
Novels, poetry and theatre from the 17th century to the present emphasizing the contemporary period; texts from France, Québec and other francophone regions. Theory of children's literature.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites: FREN 2F00 and 2F03.
FREN 3P45
Nineteenth-Century French Literature to 1850
Romanticism, Parnasse and other currents. Texts chosen from various genres. Authors may include Stendhal, Balzac, Vigny, Lamartine, Hugo, Musset.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites: FREN 2F00 and 2F03.
FREN 3P53
Twentieth-Century French Literature to 1935
Ideological and aesthetic perspectives. Texts chosen from various genres. Authors may include Proust, Gide, Claudel, Apollinaire, Breton.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites: FREN 2F00 and 2F03.
FREN 3P65
Culture and Civilization of France from 1700 to the Present
Art, music, architecture and aesthetics from the beginning of the 18th century to the present; intellectual trends; history, politics and society.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites: FREN 2F00 and 2F03.
FREN 3P73
Canadian Literature in French to 1939
Analysis of major texts chosen from various genres. Historical, sociological and ideological perspectives.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites: FREN 2F00 and 2F03.
FREN 3P74
Canadian Literature in French from 1939 to 1960
Analysis of major texts chosen from various genres. Historical, sociological and ideological perspectives.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites: FREN 2F00 and 2F03.
FREN 3P91
Seventeenth-Century French Literature
Classicism; religious and moral currents; texts chosen from various genres; authors may include Corneille, Molière, Racine, Mme de La Fayette, La Fontaine, Pascal, Descartes.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites: FREN 2F00 and 2F03.
FREN 3P92
Eighteenth-Century French Literature
Narrative, theatre and philosophical writing; critical voices, ideological concerns; authors may include Montesquieu, Marivaux, Voltaire, Diderot, Rousseau, Beaumarchais, Laclos.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites: FREN 2F00 and 2F03.
FREN 3P93
African Literature in French
Narrative, poetry and theatre. Historical, cultural, ideological and theoretical concerns.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites: FREN 2F00 and 2F03.
FREN 3P94
Caribbean Literature in French
Narrative, poetry and theatre. Historical, cultural, ideological and theoretical concerns.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites: FREN 2F00 and 2F03.
FREN 3P95
French Literature and Culture in Film
New Wave and popular cinema; adaptations of French novels; critical texts. Directors may include Godard, Truffaut, Resnais, Rohmer, Besson, Chabrol, Lelouch, Duras.
Lectures, 3 hours per week, plus film lab.
Prerequisite: FREN 2F00 and 2F03.
FREN 3P96
Contemporary Canadian Theatre in French
Background and traditions; analysis of selected plays and study of current directions.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites: FREN 2F00 and 2F03.
FREN 3P97
Maghrebian Literature in French
Introduction to the French-language literary works of the Maghreb via novels and short stories by Francophone writers from Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco. Authors may include Tahar Ben Jelloun, Driss ChraVbi, Assia Djebar, Albert Memmi.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites: FREN 2F00 and 2F03.
FREN 4P03
Linguistic Approach to Textual Analysis
Syntax and semantics of French; theoretical applications to textual analysis of literary genres.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites: FREN 2F03, 3P03 and one-half credit (taught in French) in literature numbered 2(alpha)90 or above.
FREN 4P04
Translation II: Applications
Lexical, morphological, syntactic and semantic interrelationships between source text and target text; application of translation methodologies to a variety of texts.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: FREN 3P03 or permission of the instructor.
FREN 4P12
French Language and Literature of the Middle Ages
Texts chosen from various genres, from the chanson de geste to the 15th-century narrative. Introduction to Old French.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites: FREN 2F03; two FREN or MLLC credits numbered 2(alpha)90 or above, with at least one-half credit (taught in French) in literature.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in FREN 3P98.
FREN 4P20
Sixteenth-Century Literature
Humanism within the French Renaissance, Pléiade poetry. Authors may include Rabelais, Du Bellay, Ronsard, Marguerite de Navarre, Montaigne.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites: FREN 2F03; two FREN or MLLC credits numbered 2(alpha)90 or above, with at least one-half credit (taught in French) in literature.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in FREN 3P99.
FREN 4P44
Nineteenth-Century French Literature after 1850
Realism, Naturalism, Symbolism. Texts chosen from various genres. Authors may include Flaubert, Zola, Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Verlaine, Mallarmé.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites: FREN 2F03; two FREN or MLLC credits numbered 2(alpha)90 or above, with at least one-half credit (taught in French) in literature.
FREN 4P55
Twentieth-Century French Literature from 1935 to 1970
Ideological and aesthetic perspectives. Texts chosen from various genres. Authors may include Malraux, Camus, Sartre, Giraudoux, Robbe-Grillet, Beckett, Char.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites: FREN 2F03; two FREN or MLLC credits numbered2(alpha)90 or above, with at least one-half credit (taught in French) in literature.
FREN 4P56
French Literature after 1970
Contemporary aesthetic movements. Texts chosen from various genres. Authors may include Le Clézio, Yourcenar, Tournier, Bonnefoy, Modiano, Duras.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites: FREN 2F03; two FREN or MLLC credits numbered 2(alpha)90 or above, with at least one-half credit (taught in French) in literature.
FREN 4P75
Canadian Literature in French after 1960
Texts from various genres representing major aesthetic movements.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites: FREN 2F03; two FREN or MLLC credits numbered 2(alpha)90 or above, with at least one-half credit (taught in French) in literature.
FREN 4P92
Research Project
Independent research project under the supervision of a faculty member.
Restriction: permission of the Department.
FREN 4P96
Critical Theory and Methodology
Approaches to literary criticism: sociological, phenomenological, psychoanalytic approaches; structuralism, semiotics, narratology, deconstruction. Bibliographical research.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites: FREN 2F03; two FREN or MLLC credits numbered 2(alpha)90 or above, with at least one-half credit (taught in French) in literature.
FREN 4V60-4V99
Special Research Topics in French Literature
Course content will vary, depending upon the interests of instructors and students.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites: FREN 2F03; two FREN or MLLC credits numbered 2(alpha)90 or above, with at least one-half credit (taught in French) in literature.